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Trump unlikely to raise Alice Huang case with China's Xi during APEC summit

Though semiconductors have been a major flash point in US-China relations, the US president is not expected to raise the latest issue with Xi for now

Nvidia approaches Arm CEO Rene Haas as employees seek Huang's return

Huang stepped down on Thursday after revelations of extramarital affairs, including one involving a suspected Chinese spy, plunging the chipmaker into crisis

Microsoft outage eases after over a day, recovery timeline uncertain

Microsoft said server issues were behind the incident that also affected its Copilot AI assistant and that a broader rollout ​of software fixes was stabilizing the system

Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang misled top lawyer on affair with Alice Huang

Nvidia's stock has fallen more than 30% since its October 6 closing high, erasing more than $1.8 trillion from its market capitalization

Europe to send diplomat team to Ukraine talks as leaders push for a voice

European leaders have been concerned that a US-backed process will leave them sidelined and Kyiv vulnerable as Moscow and Washington decide the fate of a conflict that has roiled the continent

US stocks mostly ease with tech, Nvidia concerns; airline shares fall

Airline shares dropped in the final minutes of the regular US session after the US Federal Aviation Administration issued a national ground stop of ​all departing flights

Trump, Xi, Putin plan an unprecedented joint meeting on sidelines of APEC

While the leaders gathering for joint talks will mark a singular moment, analysts say expectations are low that the talks will lead to major breakthroughs

Flights halted at airports across US due to ATC communications problems

The FAA notice said the ground stop was being imposed due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety

COP31: Consensus on climate deal unlikely as global leaders clash

sland nations seek urgent emissions cuts, Europe backs electrification, while developing countries demand climate finance and fossil fuel producers defend continued use of hydrocarbons

Nvidia crisis: Senate panel summons Jensen Huang, Howard Lutnick to testify

Senior US officials are discussing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's possible exit as lawmakers question the administration's oversight of advanced AI chip exports to China

World oil market is returning to surplus as Gulf exports recover, says IEA

Rising Middle East supplies and subdued demand are expected to push global oil production 1.7 million barrels per day above consumption in the fourth quarter

Europe must show readiness to join Ukraine peace talks, says Russia

Kremlin says no decision has been taken on European participation, despite US claims that Putin agreed to their inclusion

Inside Jensen Huang's final hours as Nvidia CEO amid affair scandal

Huang's exit leaves the chipmaker facing a leadership vacuum and questions over its succession planning

Broken and shattered: Jensen Huang's last hours as Nvidia Corp's CEO

After building Nvidia into an AI chip powerhouse, Huang resigned amid revelations of extramarital affairs and a board investigation into alleged foreign intelligence links

US wholesale inflation hits highest annual rate since 2022, PPI rises 6.5%

Excluding food and energy, wholesale prices climbed 5 per cent from a year ago and 0.3 per cent from September.

In Chinese spy operations, romance can be long game to reach the powerful

Jensen Huang's affair with a woman US officials say is a Chinese spy has drawn attention to the role of intimate relationships in espionage

Nvidia's next chapter: What its new leaders told staff after Huang's exit

Nvidia's interim CEO Colette Kress and new board chairman Harvey Jones have addressed employees after Jensen Huang's resignation, sharing the company's plans and next steps

US lawmakers push for tougher curbs on advanced AI chip exports to China

US House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday there was growing consensus in Congress on limiting chip exports to China after a spy scandal forced out Huang

Five things to know about APEC as Trump, Putin and Xi set to attend summit

Founded as an informal 12-member dialogue effort in 1989 in the Australian capital Canberra, it has become the region's premier economic forum to foster ties on advancing growth, trade and investment

Iran's Guards say they targeted a US early-warning radar in Bahrain

The Guards ​said the strike was in retaliation ​for what they described as an air attack on a telecommunications tower in Iran's southern Sirik county, in Hormozgan ​province